David Young

'''David''' or '''Dave Young''' may refer to:

==Entertainment and art== * David Young (poet) (1936–2025), American poet, translator, editor, literary critic and professor * David Young (Canadian playwright) (born 1946), Canadian playwright and novelist * David Young (novelist) (born 1958), British novelist * David Young (judge), daytime court television show judge in Miami * ''Judge David Young'', daytime court television show * David Young (TV producer), British game show producer * David Young (Neighbours), fictional character on Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * David Young, founding editor of the ''Farmers' Almanac'', 1818 * David Young, writer and actor for CollegeHumor web site

==Music== * David Young (saxophonist) (1912–1992), American jazz tenor saxophonist * Dave Young (bassist) (born 1940), Canadian jazz double bassist * David Young (guitarist) (1949–2022), English musician, record producer and sound engineer * Dave Young (musician, born 1982), Canadian rock musician * David Young (recorder musician) (active from 1990), American recorder musician * David Young (composer) (1957–2024), American video game music composer

== Politics== * David Young (Labour politician) (1930–2003), British Labour Party MP, 1974–1997 * David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (1932–2022), British politician and Cabinet minister from the 1980s * David Young (Ontario politician) (born 1957), Canadian politician in Ontario * David Young (Watergate) (1936–2025), member of a covert ops team under U.S. President Richard Nixon * David Young (Iowa politician) (born 1968), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and current member of the Iowa House of Representatives * David Young (North Carolina politician) (born 1959), businessman and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party * Dave Young (Colorado politician), Colorado state treasurer * David Young III (1905–1977), American politician in New Jersey * David Young (Louisiana politician) (1836–1907), state senator * David Young (diplomat), American diplomat

==Sports== ===Football and rugby=== * David Young (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2026), English footballer for Newcastle, Sunderland, Charlton, and Southend in the 1970s * David Young (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Collingwood * Dave Young (American football) (1959–2023), tight end selected in the 1981 NFL Draft * David Young (footballer, born 1965), English footballer for Darlington in the 1980s * David Young (American football) (born 1979), defensive back selected in the 2003 NFL Draft * Dai Young (born 1967), Welsh rugby union and Rugby league international and British Lion * Dave Young (rugby union) (born 1985), Irish rugby union player * Dave Young (footballer) (born 1962), former Wigan Athletic player

===Other sports=== * David Turquand-Young (1904–1984), British modern pentathlete * David Young (American swimmer) (1907–1988), American Olympic swimmer * David Young (Fijian swimmer) (born 2005), Fijian swimmer * David Young (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler * David Young (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer * David Young (basketball) (born 1981), drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics * David Young (hurler) (born 1985), Irish sportsperson * David Young (rower), English rower * David Young (discus thrower) (c. 1914–1983), Scottish athlete

==Other== * David Young (bishop) (1931–2008), British Anglican bishop; Bishop of Ripon * David Young (cleric) (1844–1913), Welsh Wesleyan minister and historian * David G. Young III, U.S. Air Force general * David Young (British Army officer) (1926–2000), General Officer Commanding Scotland * David Allan Young (1915–1991), American entomologist * David M. Young Jr. (1923–2008), American mathematician * David Young (bomber), former policeman who took hostages at an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming, 1986

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